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9:33 pm
April 29, 2008
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Guest: Kate Sargeant, Castle Writers’ Assistant
Date: Sunday October 17th, 2010 (date changed)
Time: 10pm Eastern – 7pm Pacific
Location: Our Chatroom
Submit Your Questions: in our Forums
Those of you that have listened to our podcast will know that we have Kate Sargeant joining us on October 17th for a special guest chat session.
Kate is a member of the Castle writing team as a writers assistant and in Season 2 she wrote the episode "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice". Kate also has her own web series called "You Can't Do That on the Internet".
This will be a formal Q&A chat with moderated questions. (Kate may be invited to stay after the formal Q&A for an open chat session but she is not obligated to do so.)
That chat will take place on Sunday October 17th from 10pm ET / 7pm PT in our chat room at http://castletv.net/chat You must be registered to be able to enter the chat room.
Please submit your questions for Kate here.
4:39 am
July 10, 2010
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when will the chat take place?
4:42 am
April 29, 2008
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October 3rd… as it says in the first line of the post above 
I've also added the date where the time is just in case anyone else misses it
7:36 am
June 23, 2009
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We've heard that writers were assigned characters to shepherd through Season 3. If I remember correctly, Tamala Jones said Terri Miller was writing the Lanie-centric episode. Can you tell us what the pairings are? Who has Castle, Beckett, Esposito, Ryan, Martha, Alexis…
9:57 am
October 10, 2009
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(continuing from saucy214) … Montgomery?
Your episode, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, was hilarious, and had some of the best interactions between Castle and Beckett. "So much, Castle, so very, very much." "My boyfriend has been a very bad boy. His name is Ricky." "Well, ANSWER HER!" 
Are you writing another episode in season 3? If yes, and I hope it's yes, then which episode number is it and what is it about?
Have you started on season 2 of "You can't do that on the internet"? What's the plan, due next spring/summer???
We've heard that in season 3 we'll see more of Beckett's wild side, e.g. the motor bike. In your Castle episode, there are pretty strong indications that Beckett indeed has more wild sides to her that we (and Castle) have seen so far – how much of that was dictated from the overall story arc, and how much were you allowed to give your personal spin on things?
11:23 am
May 24, 2010
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If it is allowed to tell, the 3XK storyline will be a series of consequent episodes or this über-killer will strike time to time during the season?
Andrew Marlowe told somewhere that he would plan only one holiday episode per season. Last year it was Halloween, could you tell us which holiday will we get this year (if we will get any)?
12:24 pm
March 22, 2010
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If you had writer's block like Castle did pre-Season 1, what would you do or who would you go to for inspiration?
The murder scenario from your episode last year was rated number 6 for "Top 10 Grossest TV Murders" in the New York Magazine. If you're writing another episode this season, do you have any ideas or anything planned to take that to number 1?
12:25 pm
February 28, 2010
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"The Mistress Always Spanks Twice" is such a interesting and entertaining episode. One of my favorites, in fact. What did you draw from to come up with those intriguing situations, and clever lines?
2:10 pm
January 15, 2010
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What is the nature of your day-to-day work on Castle as writer's assistant? What is a typical work day like for you?
What are your favorite Castle episodes (aside from your brilliant "Mistress" of course) and why?
It must have been so exciting to see your script come to life on Castle. Did anything surprise you about the process? Were there any ad libs or scenes that turned out better or different than you imagined?
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4:33 am
December 3, 2009
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After the final draft of a script has been submitted, does it turn out exactly as it is written or does it still get some editing touches along the way through filming?
5:36 am
October 24, 2009
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What advice would you give to any aspiring writers out there?
8:46 am
March 31, 2010
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Thank you very much for 'The mistress always spanks twice', it's one of my favourite episodes.
I'm assuming writing 'Castle' comes with a template. If you were given free reign, what would you like to incorporate into the Castle dynamic? Or give it a more in depht exploration if it's already there.
7:21 am
September 19, 2010
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I think that SydneyDeb asked it in the Chatroom, but In my opinion it was a good Q. "How did the cast & crew react when they first saw the script?"… Its a really good question – thanks SydneyDeb!
I would want to know, how much she enjoyed watching the crew make her episode
9:36 am
July 12, 2010
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As others have said, "Mistress" is one of my favorite episodes, but it also happens to be the episode that got me hooked on Castle.
As a writer for a TV series, how does one achieve a balance in terms of satisfying faithful "old fans", but still drawing in new viewers week after week (and at the time staying true to the characters)?
Also, which do you find more challenging to write: 1) the mystery/murder solving parts or 2) the character development aspects of an episode?
Thanks!
10:13 am
May 24, 2010
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katban said:
As others have said, "Mistress" is one of my favorite episodes, but it also happens to be the episode that got me hooked on Castle.
As a writer for a TV series, how does one achieve a balance in terms of satisfying faithful "old fans", but still drawing in new viewers week after week (and at the time staying true to the characters)?
Also, which do you find more challenging to write: 1) the mystery/murder solving parts or 2) the character development aspects of an episode?
Thanks!
Connecting to this question: Is there an agenda of the epsiodes in advance, like "this and this episode should concentrate on the case, the next one is more about the character development", or is it depends on the assigned writer how much does he/she mix from the two into the script?
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